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View ArticleSound advice on offer to music biz entrepreneurs
Would-be West of England music business entrepreneurs and musicians can find out how to break into the international music industry at a masterclass being held on Thursday. The event in Bristol is part...
View ArticleBrandon Hill Communications wins Agency of the Year at West PR awards
Brandon Hill Communications has been named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy of the Year at the West of England PRide Awards. The Bristol-based agency, launched by former Strategy PR boss Ian...
View ArticlePhotography business develops a new angle on corporate images
A business with a very different take on corporate photography has been launched. Worx iD, based at Great Bedwyn, near Marlborough, has been created by career photographer Nigel Hudson and his business...
View ArticleBetter by design for relaunched South West forum
The South West Design Forum has re-launched itself as Design South West with a new identity, website and the mission of ‘Design, Better Connected’. The organisation, which is run by the industry for...
View ArticleFirms get in the picture at photography day
A pilot photography day staged by Swindon-based communications consultancy Quicklearn to provide businesses with bespoke pictures and avoid relying on stock images has been hailed a success. Four...
View ArticleJuly edition out now
The July edition of Swindon Business News includes features on innovation in the motor industry, coverage of our inaugural South West PA of the Year Awards, a preview of next month's Green Special as...
View ArticleAccount wins spur further growth and new jobs at Clear Communications
Specialist business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications and PR agency Clear Communications has recruited two new account managers to its Cirencester-based team following a spate of new account...
View ArticleGlamorous evening for RedheadPR’s 10th anniversary
Swindon-based redheadPR, the independent public relations, digital and design consultancy, celebrates its 10th anniversary in style at Christ Church, Old Town, this evening. The historic church’s bells...
View ArticleWhat’s so Funny about Business? Our unique Bath Comedy Festival event
Fed up with flip charts, PowerPoint and pie diagrams? Swindon Business News’s sister site Bath Business News is presenting an antidote this evening to business seminars as part of Bath Comedy Festival....
View ArticleStreet art as a brand – the writing’s on the wall in the latest helping of...
You can’t get a better illustration (forgive the pun) of the power of a brand than the recent abortive sale in Miami of a Banksy which had last been seen attached to the wall of a north London...
View ArticleBook deal opens new chapter for Smiths News
Smiths News, the Swindon-based specialist distribution firm, has acquired a number of academic library services contracts from book retailer Blackwell UK for £2.1m. The acquisition of the European and...
View ArticleYou’re fired-up! The Apprentice is great for business says its ‘reluctant...
TV show The Apprentice is giving young people a great appetite for business, Nick Hewer, Sir Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on the programme, told West business leaders. Speaking at the annual Institute...
View ArticlePA of the Year Awards: The hunt is on for the Best in the West
Following the success of the inaugural South West PA of the Year Awards last year, Bristol Business News and its sister titles including the recently-launched WestBusinessNews magazine, have again...
View ArticleBrandSoup: Shedding light on the dark side of Prism’s logo
We thought BrandSoup was alone in having opinions about the advisability or otherwise of government agencies getting “creative” with logos (see our recent blog – Bonfire of the Quango Logos). But...
View ArticleChamber breakfast puts branding on the menu
Building a brand – why bother? is the red-hot question at this Friday’s Swindon Chamber of Commerce Swindon Business Breakfast. Allison McSparron-Edwards, managing director of Blunsdon-based...
View ArticleContract delays and tough markets reduce half-time profits at SciSys
Shares in Chippenham-based specialist IT and software firm SciSys fell by nearly 11% today after it revealed a 19.8% drop in interim pre-tax profits and warned that its markets remained challenging....
View ArticleWarning over Google penalties for use of digital press releases
Businesses using digital press releases as an integral part of their web presence now risk penalties from Google, according to digital marketing specialist Darren Moloney, managing director of...
View ArticleWH Smith pulls plug on website following media reports it sold porn
Swindon-based retail giant WH Smith has shut down its website after it was discovered the retailer was selling pornographic ebooks online. According to the Sunday Express and Mail on Sunday, more than...
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